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1. THE METHOD OF SELECTING A PREDETERMINED CODED CARD FROM A PLURALITY OF CODED CARDS COMPRISING, STORING A DISCRETE CLASS OF CODED CARDS IN EACH OF A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS, THE CARDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL CLASS BEING ARRANGED IN RANDOM ORDER WITHIN A COMPARTMENT, INDEXING SAID COMPARTMENTS RELATIVE TO A CARD SELECTOR TO LOCATE A SELECTED COMPARTMENT HAVING A SELECTED CLASS OF CODED CARDS STORED THEREIN ADJACENT THE CARD SELECTOR, RESTRAINING ALL OF THE CARDS WITHIN SAID SELECTED CLASS EXCEPT SAID PREDETERMINED CARD AGAINST MOVEMENT, AND SEQUENTIALLY DIRECTING A GASEOUS STREAM AGAINST SAID SELECTED CLASS OF CARDS AT A GAS VELOCITY SUFFICIENT TO MOVE SAID PREDETERMINED CARD WHEREBY SAID PREDETERMINED CARD IS MOVED TO A PHYSICALLY DISCRETE POSITION RELATIVE TO THE REMAINDER OF CARDS WITHIN SAID CLASS. 